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Timber vs Putlog - What's the difference?

timber | putlog |

As nouns the difference between timber and putlog

is that timber is postage stamp while putlog is (architecture) one of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose.

timber

English

Noun

(wikipedia timber) (en noun)
  • (uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
  • (British, uncountable) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
  • (countable) A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof. Historically also used in the plural, as in "ship's timbers".
  • (archaic) A certain quantity of fur skins (as of martens, ermines, sables, etc.) packed between boards; in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty. Also timmer'', ''timbre .
  • (firearms, informal) The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.

    • Synonyms

    * (trees considered as a source of wood) timberland, forest * (wood that has been cut ready for construction) lumber (US), wood * (beam used to support a roof) beam, rafter

    Derived terms

    * half-timbered * shiver me timbers * timbered * timberland * timberline * timber wolf * timberyard

    Interjection

    timber!
  • Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fit with timbers.
    • timbering a roof
  • (falconry) To light or land on a tree.
  • (obsolete) To make a nest.
  • To surmount as a timber does.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    putlog

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose.
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=2008 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Construction Confederation , title=House Builders Health & Safety Manual 2008 , chapter= citation , genre=Construction , publisher= , isbn=9781852631246 , page=7-15 , passage=Where putlogs' are not required to support boards, a '''putlog''' must occur within 300mm of each standard. / When bracing is connected to a '''putlog''', the ' putlog must be connected to a ledger. }}

    References

    (Webster 1913) English words suffixed with -log